"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proof reader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Walter Mitty (Kaye) is an ""inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey"". He is henpecked and harassed by"
"Years with Ross"" (1959). A number of his short stories were made into movies, including ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947). Many of his short stories are humorous fictional memoirs from his life, but he also wrote darker material, such as ""The Whip-Poor-Will"", a story of madness and murder. His best-known short stories are ""The Dog That Bit People"" and ""The Night the Bed Fell""; they can be found in ""My Life and Hard Times"", which was his ""break-out"" book. Among his other classics are ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"", ""The Catbird Seat"", ""A Couple of Hamburgers"", ""The"
"his wife to run errands. Those trips inspired his short story, ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"", later published in ""The New Yorker"", widely reprinted and considered a classic of American literature. In it, the title character and his wife visit Waterbury to run errands. Thurber describes Mitty as, having completed his errands, returning to a hotel lobby where they have agreed to meet. While sitting in a leather chair, he lapses into one of his daydreams about being a combat air pilot, until his wife returns. It is believed that the hotel described was the Elton. On October 10,"
"a fey women's milliner whose inspiration for the ridiculous chapeaux he creates is in actuality his loathing of women. The Anatole character is based on ""Antoine de Paris,"" a women's hair-salon professional of the era, known for creating preposterous hairstyles. The lyrics to the song ""Anatole of Paris"" were written by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine. ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" ranks 479th on ""Empire"" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the November 3, 1947 broadcast of ""The Screen Guild Theater"""
"with Kaye and Mayo in their original film roles. Plans to remake ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" arose in the early 1990s, with producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. considering actor Jim Carrey for the starring role. After development that spanned over two decades, the film finally came to fruition with Ben Stiller as the lead actor and the director. The film was released in the US on December 25, 2013. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name"
"of Walter Mitty"", and his wife Helen Thurber would later sue Filmation in 1975 for creating the series without the permission of her late husband's estate. The outcome of the decision resulted in the series being retitled in future broadcasts as ""The New Adventures of Waldo Kitty"". ""The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty"" was produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott and directed by Don Christensen and Rudy Larriva. Critically, positive response was aimed at the show's imaginative story lines and its ability to parody pop culture events well. However, producer Scheimer was extremely upset by the series' final result,"
"Olivia de Havilland. His short story ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" has been adapted for film twice, once in 1947 and again in 2013. Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes ""Mame"" (née Fisher) Thurber on December 8, 1894. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. His father was a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor. Thurber described his mother as a ""born comedian"" and ""one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known."" She was a practical joker and,"
"None of these stories, however, feature any of Thurber's ""Monroe Family"" characters. The tone of these pieces ranges from lighthearted wordplay and dialect (""What Do You Mean It ""Was"" Brillig?"") to literary satire (""The Macbeth Murder Mystery"") to psychological horror (""The Whip-Poor-Will"" and ""A Friend to Alexander""). The most famous story is ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,"" which bears little resemblance to the 1947 film of the same name. My World and Welcome to It My World... and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William"
"the characters John (Second Man), Nellie (Second Woman), and Lou (First Woman), updating classic poetry to be more cheerful. The prose version of the piece, which was a humorous essay rather than a short story, originally appeared in ""The Bermudian"", and was collected in ""Thurber Country"". ""Fables (Part 2) "" consists of two more Thurber fables, originally staged by James Starbuck. They are: ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" - narrated by Fourth Man. This adaptation of Thurber's most famous short story features the characters Walter Mitty (First Man), Mrs. Mitty (First Woman), First Voice (Fifth Man), Lieut. Berg (Fourth"
"Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), and ""The Paleface"" starring Bob Hope (1948). In his later years, McLeod was recruited by writer Rod Serling to direct silent film comedy legend Buster Keaton in the 1962 Richard Matheson-penned ""Once Upon a Time"" episode of Serling's classic CBS Television series ""The Twilight Zone"". He was educated at the University of Washington and spent two years as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Service in France during World War I. He was married to Evelyn Ward. He died in January 1964. On February 8, 1960, he received a star on the Hollywood"
"Benchley influenced [his] early writing style."" Outsider filmmaker Sidney N. Laverents lists Benchley as an influence as well, and James Thurber used Benchley as a reference point, citing Benchley's penchant for presenting ""the commonplace as remarkable"" in ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."" Benchley produced over 600 essays, which were initially compiled in twelve volumes, during his writing career. He also appeared in a number of films, including 48 short treatments that he mostly wrote or co-wrote and numerous feature films. Posthumously, Benchley's works continue to be released in books such as the 1983 Random House compilation ""The Best of"
"valuable social document. According to Steven Marcus, it is virtually the only source for information on London's houses of prostitution, in which Walter spent many hours. It has been described as ""one of the strangest and most obsessive books ever written"". The first edition was probably printed by Auguste Brancart, in an impression of only 25 copies. In the twentieth century ""My Secret Life"" was pirated and reprinted in a number of abridged versions that were frequently suppressed for obscenity. In 1932, for example, a New York publisher was arrested for issuing the first three volumes. In the USA it"
"Stykkishólmur before his sudden death in early 2008. Stykkishólmur is the main setting in the short story ""Tussenlanding"" (""Transfer"") from the 1991 short story collection ""De Matador en andere verhalen"" by Tim Krabbé. The story features a Dutchman coming to Iceland in hope to start a relationship with an Icelandic woman he barely knows. Stykkishólmur was one of the destinations in the 2013 movie ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"". Stykkishólmur features a true subpolar oceanic climate, the least cold of all the polar climates, with cool summers (<10 °C, considered by most as the limit of polar climates) but"
"Secret Life of Plants"" (1973), ""Secrets of the Great Pyramid"" (1971; paperback reprint, 1997), and ""Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids"" (1976). His ""Secrets of the Great Pyramid"", ""Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids"" and ""The Magic of Obelisks"" have become classics of ""New Age"" literature. Peter Tompkins Peter Tompkins (April 19, 1919 - January 23, 2007) was an American journalist, World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spy in Rome, and best-selling occult author. He was war correspondent for the ""New York Herald Tribune"" and CBS during World War II. In 1943 he was recruited by the OSS and utilized"
"that at the end he cleverly avoids being shot. The original cast for the sketch was as follows: The story was again adapted for the stage in 1964, this time by Joe Manchester. This musical version of ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" depicts Mitty at age 40, tempted by ""would-be chanteuse"" Willa De Wisp to leave his wife Agnes and really live ""the Secret Life"". It features 17 songs, with lyrics by Earl Shuman and music by Leon Carr. The musical opened off-Broadway at the Players Theatre on October 26, 1964, and ran for 96 performances. ""Time magazine"" referred"
"Kitty Foyle (novel) Kitty Foyle is a 1939 American novel by Christopher Morley. A bestseller in 1939 and 1940, it was adapted as a popular 1940 film. The novel tells of a white-collar girl who falls in love with a young socialite, despite the objections of his family. ""Contemporary Authors"" noted: ""Central to the story is protagonist Kitty's affair with the affluent Wyn Strafford. Critics heatedly debated Morley's sexual sensationalism,"" notably her out-of-wedlock pregnancy and abortion. The story is told by Kitty in the first person. A sociologist suggests that ""Kitty, in her observations of the mores and behavior patterns"
"on to say her excellent characterization and sensitivity toward her characters make her books ""a solid contribution to American children's literature"". Doris Gates Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction. Her novel ""Blue Willow"", about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner. A librarian in Fresno, California, Gates lived and worked among the people described in her novels. She is also known for her collections of Greek mythology."
"roop, da-reep, fa-san, skeedle de woo-da, fiddle de wada, reep!""). Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s and is known for films such as ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), ""The Inspector General"" (1949), ""On the Riviera"" (1951) co-starring Gene Tierney, ""Knock on Wood"" (1954), ""White Christmas"" (1954), ""The Court Jester"" (1956), and ""Merry Andrew"" (1958). Kaye starred in two pictures based on biographies, ""Hans Christian Andersen"" (1952) the Danish storyteller and ""The Five Pennies"" (1959) about jazz pioneer Red Nichols. His wife, writer/lyricist Sylvia Fine, wrote many tongue-twisting songs for which Kaye became"
"Jean Fritz Jean Guttery Fritz (November 16, 1915 – May 14, 2017) was an American children's writer best known for American biography and history. She won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children's literature in 1986. She turned 100 in November 2015. Fritz was born to American Presbyterian missionaries Arthur Minton Guttery and the former Myrtle Chaney in Hankow, China, where she lived until she was twelve. Growing up, she attended a British school and kept a journal about her days in China with Lin Nai-Nai, her amah. The family emigrated to the United States"
"Walt Morey Walter ""Walt"" Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was an author of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book ""Gentle Ben"" was the basis for the 1967 movie ""Gentle Giant"" and the 1967-1969 television show ""Gentle Ben"". He wrote a total of 17 published books, most of which involve as a central plot element the relationship between man and animals. Many of his works involve survival stories, or people going into the wild to ""discover"" themselves; redemption through"
"The Secret Life of Bill Clinton The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories is a critical biography about certain episodes during the administration of former United States president Bill Clinton by English author and investigative journalist Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. The book, published in 1997 by Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C, an imprint of Eagle Publishing caused controversy in the USA. Evans-Pritchard, the author, at the time was chief editor in Washington DC for the Sunday Telegraph. In particular, the book investigates the death of former deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster. ""The Secret Life"" makes various allegations about Clinton, including"
"Blue Willow Blue Willow is a realistic children's fiction book by Doris Gates, published in 1940. Called the ""juvenile ""Grapes of Wrath"""", it was named a Newbery Honor book in 1941. Written by a librarian who worked with migrant children in Fresno, California, this story of a migrant girl who longs for a permanent home was considered groundbreaking in its portrayal of contemporary working-class life in America. Janey Larkin is the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant family in San Joaquin Valley, California, in the late 1930s when America is still suffering the effects of the Great Depression. Her most treasured"
"The Confidential Agent The Confidential Agent (1939) is a thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. Fueled by Benzedrine, Greene wrote it in six weeks. To avoid distraction, he rented a room in Bloomsbury from a landlady who lived in an apartment below him. He used that apartment in the novel (it's where D. hides for a day) and had an affair with the landlady's daughter. He wrote the book for money and was so displeased with his work that he wanted it published under a pseudonym. But critics took a far different view; ""The New York Times"", for example,"
"Walter D. Edmonds Walter ""Walt"" Dumaux Edmonds (July 15, 1903 – January 24, 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels. One of them, ""Drums Along the Mohawk"" (1936), was adapted as a Technicolor feature film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. Edmonds was born in Boonville, New York. In 1919 he entered The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut. Originally intending to study chemical engineering, he became more interested in writing and worked as managing editor of the Choate ""Literary Magazine"". He graduated in 1926 from Harvard,"
"Palmer's more brainwork than they'd know what to do with and what do we get for it? Eight hour's sleep, I guess, because that's about all we're fit for. Wallace notes that Morley ""knows Philadelphia and pokes fun at it constantly, with a sharpness born of long and affection intimacy."" Kitty Foyle (novel) Kitty Foyle is a 1939 American novel by Christopher Morley. A bestseller in 1939 and 1940, it was adapted as a popular 1940 film. The novel tells of a white-collar girl who falls in love with a young socialite, despite the objections of his family. ""Contemporary Authors"""
"Doris Gates Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction. Her novel ""Blue Willow"", about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner. A librarian in Fresno, California, Gates lived and worked among the people described in her novels. She is also known for her collections of Greek mythology. Doris Gates was born on November 26, 1901, in Mountain View, California, the oldest daughter of Charles Obed and Bessie Louise"
"of his family. Contemporary Authors noted: ""Central to the story is protagonist Kitty's affair with the affluent Wyn Strafford. Critics heatedly debated Morley's sexual sensationalism,"" notably her out-of-wedlock pregnancy and abortion. The story is told by Kitty in the first person. A sociologist suggests that ""Kitty, in her observations of the mores and behavior patterns of the upper class acts as the anthropological alter ego of Morley, viewing the upper class from the outside."" The book was a bestseller in 1939 and 1940. In 1941, Irna Phillips, creator of the popular soap opera ""Guiding Light"", first proposed the idea of"
"My Secret Life (memoir) My Secret Life, by ""Walter"", is the memoir of a gentleman describing the author's sexual development and experiences in Victorian England. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, at the expense of the author, including an imperfect index, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. The work itself is enormous, amounting to over one million words, the eleven original volumes amounting to over 4,000 pages. The text is repetitive and highly disorganised, but its frank discussion of sexual matters and other hidden aspects of Victorian life make it a rare and"
"provide significant contemporary photography. They approached Getty Images, the world's largest licensor of photography. The site, a joint venture between Getty Images and ""Life"" magazine, offered millions of photographs from their combined collections. On the 50th anniversary of the night Marilyn Monroe sang ""Happy Birthday"" to John Kennedy, Life.com presented Bill Ray's iconic portrait of the actress, along with other rare photos. The film, ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (2013), starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig, portrays ""Life"" as it transitioned from printed material toward having only an online presence. Life.com is now a redirect to a small photo"
"Jack Lait Jack Lait (March 13, 1883 – April 1, 1954) was an American journalist, author and playwright, best known for his series of ""Confidential"" books. Born Jacquin Leonard Lait in New York City, he became renowned during his 50-year career in journalism as one of the leading newspapermen of the first half of the 20th century. He wrote a syndicated column called ""All in the Family"" for two decades, and his comic strip, ""Gus and Gussie"", illustrated by Paul Fung, ran from April 13, 1925 to February 24, 1930. He was the editor of the ""New York Daily Mirror"""
"her book ""The Mystery of the Haunted Pool"" won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel, and she duplicated the honor in 1964, for ""The Mystery of the Hidden Hand"". In 1988, the MWA gave her a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. In 1990, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. Whitney died of pneumonia on February 8, 2008, aged 104. Phyllis A. Whitney Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 – February 8, 2008) was a Japanese-born American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for"
"Carroll John Daly Carroll John Daly (September 14, 1889 – January 16, 1958) was a writer of crime fiction. Daly has been credited with creating the first hard-boiled story, ""The False Burton Combs"", published in ""Black Mask"" magazine in December 1922, followed closely by ""It's All in the Game"" (""Black Mask"", April 1923) and the PI story ""Three Gun Terry"" (""Black Mask"", May 1923). Daly's private detective Race Williams first appeared in ""Knights of the Open Palm"", an anti-Ku Klux Klan story. ""Knights of the Open Palm"" was published June 1, 1923, in ""Black Mask"", predating the October 1923 debut"
"Books. Edmonds eventually published 34 books, many for children, as well as a number of magazine stories. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1960 and the Newbery Medal in 1942, for ""The Matchlock Gun"", and the National Book Award for Children's Literature in 1976, for ""Bert Breen's Barn"". When Eleanor died in 1956, Walter married Katherine Howe Baker Carr, who died in 1989. Walter Edmonds died in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1998. Walter D. Edmonds Walter ""Walt"" Dumaux Edmonds (July 15, 1903 – January 24, 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels. One of them, ""Drums"